"Supplementary submission to ECRI on racist speech, #RacistCrimes, and harassment of #HumanRightsDefenders in #Greece"
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#HumanRights We urge States to consider candidates’ track records on protecting civil society and defenders. Participation must not be restricted through politicized decisions. #CivilSociety #UN #HumanRightsDefenders
#Greece 🔈Cease the prosecution against activist Tommy Olsen!
The “Campaign for the Access to Asylum” & the co-signing orgs, request from 🇬🇷& 🇪🇺 authorities to stop the prosecution of #humanrightsdefenders & the misinformation & promote the investigation of all illegal #pushbacks of #RefugeesGr‼️
As a result of the global reliance on US tech and financial systems, "sanctions have extreme extra-territorial reach, way beyond the US. We are talking about #HumanRightsDefenders treated like perpetrators of mass atrocities” - Zoé Paris, from the @coalitionfortheicc.org.
From Visibility to Vulnerability: When Social Media Fails #HumanRightsDefenders
31st March at 4pm (Dublin time) launch of scoping paper by @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social :
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Numerous #Kashmiri #Journalists, #HumanRightsDefenders, activists, and dissenters continue to be arbitrarily detained. Emblematic cases include those of human rights defender Khurram Parvez—illegally imprisoned for over four years (1,578 days).
21 March 1960: Robert Sobukwe (PAC) led a peaceful protest standing against the dompas. Apartheid police responded by murdering 69 peaceful protesters in Sharpeville. Today, we remember those who fought Apartheid and those who continue to fight for our constitutional rights.
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🏆March 14, marks the 12th anniversary of the death of #CaoShunli.
#WeiWenyuan & #WangRongwen, receive the Cao Shunli Memorial Award for #HumanRightsDefenders for their grassroots advocacy for petitioners and other vulnerable groups.
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Dinushika Dissanayake Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe said:
📢 “Tommy Olsen’s arrest in 🇳🇴 is appalling & stems from an alarming escalation of #Greece’s crackdown on #HumanRightsDefenders. Based on info available to @amnesty.org, T.O. & 1/
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Pakistan: Rights body expresses concern over continued detention of Baloch leaders yespunjab.com?p=229520
#MahrangBaloch #BYC #BalochYakjehtiCommittee #Balochistan #HumanRights #Quetta #PakistanNews #FairTrial #PoliticalDetention #ATC #HumanRightsDefenders #Justice
📢 Tommy Olsen is the founder of @aegeanboatreport.bsky.social & one of the few #humanrightsdefenders who monitor illegal deadly #pushbacks in #Greece. "The District Court has concluded that T.O. can be extradited to 🇬🇷. He will appeal. The charges against him are a joke. How shameful for Norway‼️
#HRRC calls for the release of all Belarus’s 164 female #politicalprisoners. More in our latest #news brief.
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#humanrights #Belarus #politicalfreedom #freespeech #freedomofexpression #activism #humanrightsdefenders
CJA is honored to award Amneh Khoulani as our 2026 Champion of Justice. Amneh is one of #Syria’s leading #humanrightsdefenders & her dedication to pursue justice, even at great personal loss, is the embodiment of #courageinaction. Learn more about Amneh ➡️ cja.org/gala2026
Protecting human rights starts with awareness. Read the breakdown, check the verified sources on the last slide (UN, Amnesty, HRW), and share this post so the world doesn't forget the Uyghur people. 🧵 3/3
#StandWithUyghurs #HumanRightsDefenders
Defending dignity and claiming rights: human rights
defenders hold firm to universal values as others desert them
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of #HumanRightsDefenders by @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
Once again, #HumanRightsDefenders in #Iraq are being targeted. This time, it is Yanar Mohammed — recipient of the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights for her courageous work in this field.
#SamuelWalton
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#PeacefulCivilResistance
#StopTheGenocide
#EndApartheid
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#Greece: Continued judicial harassment against migrants’ rights defender Panayote Dimitras
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States and private actors must conduct robust human rights and environmental due diligence in energy transitions.
Communities must have access to effective remedy where harms occur.
A just transition cannot exist without protection and accountability.
#HumanRightsDefenders #ClimateJustice #APFSD
#Greece must stop the judicial harassment and intimidation of migrant rights defenders
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Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani and Maslina Abu Hassan , targets of hatred and viral lies against the Rohingya people . #EFE
#ZafarAhmadAbdulGhani
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📢 @amnesty.org is deeply concerned by reports that Tommy Olsen founder of @aegeanboatreport.bsky.social was contacted by 🇳🇴police & informed that they've received a 🇪🇺Arrest Warrant against him, issued by #Greece. We are closely monitoring this case.
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#Greece Issues European Arrest Warrant for Refugee-Helping NGO’s Founder
“This is the deliberate targeting of a human rights defender with the aim of intimidation and silence,” Olsen said in a press release
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"We need resilience. To know that like a weaver bird, you play your role today and collectively we make the world a better place."
"Tarvitaan resilienssiä. Kuten kutojalinnut, sinä teet oman osuutesi tänään ja yhdessä teemme maailmasta paremman paikan."
Joseph Kibugu, BHRC
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@kajsaollongren.bsky.social's Kenya visit began with a roundtable on political pluralism and democracy with regional partners, followed by an afternoon of conversations with Kenyan #humanrightsdefenders working on civic freedoms & diversity. Their advocacy matters – the 🇪🇺 stands with them.
📣 The authorities must release Moussa Tchangari and other defenders arbitrarily detained.
✊🏻 Join our call to end arbitrary detention!
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#MoussaTchangari #Niger #ArbitraryDetention #HumanRightsDefenders #DefendtheDefenders #AlternativesEspaceCitoyens
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